Stovepipe-fastener



No. 626,663. I Patented l une l3, I899. E. D. BABLING.

STOVEPIPE FASTENER.

(Application filed Sept. 1, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLIOTT D. BARLING, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

STOVEPlPE-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,663, dated June 13, 1899.

Application filed September 1, 1898. Serial No. 689,983. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLIOTT D. BARLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pontiac, county of Oakland, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stovepipe-Fasteners; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention; such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to stovepipe-fasteners, and has for its object an improved fastening adapted to be employed with stovepipes and to be used to hold the pipe firmly to the chimney or to a thimble passing through a wall.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the fastening in perspective. Fig. 2 shows it in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 shows a pipe held to a chimney-thimble by means of the fastening.

The fastening consists of two loops of wire bent to proper shape and held securely against the pipe by means of a screw-clamp. That one of the loops which is intended to engage on the inside of the chimney consists of a wire bent so as to present two parallel rods (2 a, the engaging end of which (which is at the loop or bend of the wire) is turned to a right angle with the. rods a a. The ends which engage under the clamp-iron are bent abruptly back, so as to take positions parallel with the rod parts a a. This part of the device thus consists of a single wire bent to present the appearance of two parallel rods through a part of its extent and of four parallel rods through another part of its extent.

The second part of the holding device consists of a second wire bent to present the shape of two parallel rods (1 d, united by the loop (1 and the loop d is bent at right angles to the general course of the rods d d.

The clamping parts consist of two pieces of sheet metal bent to engage over the parallel rods a a and d d, the bend of the clamp e being arranged so that when the entire structure is placed alongside a stovepipe there will be space for free motion under the clamp for the two rods a a, and the two rods d 01 will be gripped between the clamp e and the pipe by means of the screw hereinafter mentioned. A second clamp f, of sheet metal, is placed over the first clamp of sheet metal and is bent to engage over and clamp the two return-rods c c of the first-described wire.

The two clamping-pieces e f are pinned, and through them passes a screw. The ordinary wooden screw is sufficient to hold the parts securely, and in practice I use a screweye, as that is an article of commerce easily procured, easily used, and one which is entirely satisfactory in its action.

The parts are assembled by placing the two holding portions on the pipe which is to be held and through which there has previously been made a small hole for the passage of the screw. The clamp e is placed over the four bars a a d d of the two holding parts,'the first-described part having the parallel rods a a and the parallel rods 0 c and is adjusted so as to bring the bars 0 0 above the clamp e. The clamp f is then placed over these bars and the screw-eye g inserted and screwed down tight.

To hold the pipe in place in the chimney or to the thimble, the loop I) is placed in engagement with the inside face of the chimney or with that side of the thimble on the opposite side of the pipe to be held, the loop (1 placed in engagement with the outside wall of the chimney, the pipe pushed into the thimble as far as may be desired, and the parts clamped by means of the screw-eye. It is preferable that the screw-eye be inserted through the pipe at or near the seam where the metal of the pipe is joined, as at this point of the pipe there are several thicknesses of metal which furnish a secure hold for the thread of the screw. In this holding device that part of the device which holds against the outside of the chimney is clamped against the barrel of the pipe and that part of the device which holds against the inside face of the chimney is clamped against the face of the clamp which holds the first part and is clamped by means of the return-rods c 0, thus giving to each of the holding parts an independent clamp and straining or tightening of the second hook, and a single screw ar- IO,

the independent clamp by a single screw. ranged to compress both clamps,substantially' What I claim is-- V as described. In a pipe-fastener the combination of two In testimony whereof I sign this specificasliding hooks, a clamp arranged to engage tion in the presence of two witnesses.

closely over the shank of one of said hooks ELLIOTT D. BARLING. and loosely over the shank of the other of Witnesses: said hooks, a second clamp arranged to en- JOSEPH E. SAWYER,

gage closely over a returned part of the shank MARCUS FoLTZ. 

